Flexible card mounting



April 9, 1935. E. H. sMYTHE FLEXIBLE CARD MOUNTING Filed July 18, 1952 2 sheets-sheet 1 im AJ April 9, 1935. E SMYTHE 1,997,320

FLEXIBLE CARD MOUNTING` Filed July 18, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mr I 01%@ PatentedrPr. 9,L 1935 Y i n' Y. l l A* i UNITED* STATES PATENT' f fOFFICE l A' '4 1,997,3zc Y eFLEXIBLEoAnD MOUNTING Edwin l1.'Slnythe,Evanston,*lll. i Application July 1s, lsszgserriai Numa-isi 1s Claims. (or 12a-1c) Myjinvention'relates to cards for -use vas indexes can be applied to the top portion I4 of thecard or yinformation cards and has for .its principal tocarry'itlback'into the -full line position shown l purpose. the .provision of a hinged card in' com in Fig. 1.

bination with`means whereby v:au/.portion of the I preferably crease the card as indicated .at I5 Y n f5 card is yieldingly urged into a .certain definite between the top portion I 4 and thelower portion v5 position with respectto another,` portion of the Iii-and' cut it ,out 'as by means lofthe-punchedf cardwhioh maybe held in a suitable container holes II to form '.ilexibleconnecting tongues. ...I of any type. Y f y thenplaee the spring wire I8, bentLas-sho-wnin vIn 'the' copending` application of myself and Fig.. 2, on the .card by inserting the central up- FrederickH. 'Loveridge Serial No. 623,160, filed standing braceportion I9 from the back, and then 10 Julyl8, V1932, for Card 'indexes and thelike, we inserting the end portions 20 into the position have disoloseda card container in which thel cards shown in Fig. 2. Now when the top of V.thecard are? so mounted that/ they are Anormally held in is bent forwardly the-.fresultis to twist the spring Y superposed relation althoughthey may be pulled between the Vportions and the portion I9; and,

l5 forward and allowed to flip backone at a time into when the` card is'released,i this spring will' re- 15 normal position. f, l p turnthe card ltothe original position. l:The tor.-V Y n My vinvention concernsfitself more particularly sion .in the spring being :spreadlover the `entire with providing a card having a portion serving 'length Vbetweenfthe members "20 and the member as abase portion and another record receiving I9 `not .sucient to permanently distort-the 20- orw--displayf portion' hinged thereto with means springythus ensuring the cards Vreturn 'to its 20 for resiliently urging this vrecord'portion in one Aoriginal position. l y i ,f 4j Y., n direction relatively to the base portion, so thatV Y Nowwhen theacards equipped in this-,fashion a group of the cards may be mounted in a suitable are placed in a container such as 5 with suitable container so that the cards are normally yield- Vspacers such as@ between-them, it is evident that ingly held togetherl in superposed relation, but when thercards are Y'pulled .down horizontally 2'5 may be swung apart to reveal the proximate surover the front part of the container, their front faces'of adjacent' cards and lreleased one or more or top edges will Vbespaced vapart a distance de-A at a time to return to normal'position Y l pending-upon the; thickness ofthe spacers 8. I Willvdesoribe the preferred form of my inven- This makes it `easy for one whois looking through tion by reference to the accompanying'drawings the card'list :tofslide his fingers forwardly over 30 whereinn the edges :of the cards and let; t'hern return one Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section lthrough 'a card Vatfa time'to the gupright position.; I'hus one can holding device utilizing a plurality of cards em-L qulcklyirun -through'the'entireA card list A and iind bodying my invention; A any infomationfthereon he desires. Y. n a

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the cards em 1 InFig.3.a similar card to that shown inFig..2 V35 ployed in Fig. 1;` i Y f f is illustrated, butin' this card, the top portion 2I Fig. 3'is a View illustrating a slightly modified andthe bottom' portion 22 are1connectedby a form of card; and A Y flexible member 23 such as va. piece of linen cloth Fig. 4 illustrates a further modication. which is pasted to the backs thereof, and a spring 40 Referring now in detail to the drawings, the 4Mis pasted between the card.k portions 2l and 22 40 container 5 shown in Fig. 1 is merely an illustraand the member 23. This'spring ,is bent as'fndi tion of one manner of mounting the cards. This cated at 25, 26,'and 21 so that when the top ofthe container has the upwardly extending back wall card is Vpulled forward it causes a twisting of the 6 Vand is provided with a trough "extending forportions 2.8 and '29 of uthe-spring wire whichwill wardly from this back wall to receive theoardsl, return thegeard toits original position when the 45 adequate spacers 8, a filler block 9, and asuitable cardisre'leased. ,y clamping block I0 which is fcausedrto clamp the Inzthe form shown in Fig. 4, a top portion3 cards in place by means of the screw I I. These and Y.bottom portion 13|.of thecard are secured cards are so formed lthat they may be bent along again by.- means'` of Ya' vlinen Astrip32 pastedonfthe:

5'0 the line indicated at VI2 so they may be turned backs thereof'and'a spring 33f-havingthe down'` `50 forward through all positions to the full lower turned end at 34,'.and'thef'upturned fend'y at 35 ex- 'position indicated at I3 in Fig.y 1. Tlie ordinary tends diagonallyacross the memberz andliesbef card :is incapable of withstanding thiskind of tweenthismemberz-nand the-portions 3Diand'l bending and returning-to its orig-inalposition so of thecard. `.Itis evidentthat in this `caseasbe- I have provided means whereby suiicientforce Iorebendingofthe card forward twists .the spring wire so that the energy stored up in the spring will return the card to its original'position.A

Either one of these three forms of cards may be used in a base such as that shown in Fig. 1.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and operation of this device will be clear to those skilled in this art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the Vcharacter 'describedpomprising a plurality of Vcard-like elements adapted to receive legends or the like, a support for said elements, said elements having mounting means at corresponding edges thereof formingfparts there'- of and resilient means individual to said elements tending to yieldingly swing them in one direction relative to said mounting means whereby, when*V at corresponding edges vthereof forming parts l thereof, and resilient meansV individual tol said elements tending 'to yieldingly swing themin one direction relative tov said mounting means where- 1 relative positions when displaced therefrom.

y by, when said elements are swung in opposite v'direction Aand successively released, 'said resilient means successively restore themto their original position to thus successively display said legends. f 3. A card element for receiving and displaying legends or the like having a display` portion and a mounting portion hingedly connected to each other together with 'means tending 'to yieldingly f swing Vthe display portion in one directio'n'r'elatively to the mounting portion. v

n 4. A card element for receiving and displaying legends or the likehaving"al display portion and a mounting portionhingedly connectedtogether with means ltending to yieldingly swing the displayr portion Yin onefdirection relatively to the mounting portion, said means comprising a spring member having portions fmountedn each 'of' the aforesaid portions.:4 f

y `5. Acard element for receiving'anddisplaying legends or the like havinga display portion and a mounting portion hingedly connected-together y with means* ten'dingito Jyieldingly. swingthe display portion ingone direction! relatively -to the mountingY l portion, said"` Y means' comprising' a spring mounted on said-portions.

6. A card element for receiving and displaying legends or' the like having a display portion ,the display portion V in -one direction relatively to the mounting. portion, saidl means comprising a-spring mounted between saidrp'ortions and having extensions engaging said'fV portions. at spaced points along their meetingl edges,j,the

Vspring ybetween said points beingfree.wherebyY the distortion caused by swinging the display portion is spread over a considerable length of Spring. f

8. A card having a display portion and a base portion andra transversely creased intermediate portion to constitute a hinge therebetween, and spring means carried by said card and, tending to swing said display and base portions about said hinge, back into their normalY relative positions when displaced therefrom. i

9. A card having a display portion and a base portionV and a transversely creased intermediate portion to constitute a hinge therebetween, and

*a torsion spring lying along said crease and tending to'swingV said display and base portions about said hinge, back into their normal relative positions'v when displaced, therefrom.

10. A cardhaving a display portion and a base portion and flexible connecting tongues therebetween formedV by a transverse line of perforations Vto constitutel a hinge, and-spring means carried by said'card and tending to swing said display and base portions about said hinge, back into ,their normalrelative positions when displaced therefrom.

11. A card havinga display portion and a base portion and a transversely creasedand perforated intermediate portion to constitute a hinge therebetween.V and aV torsion spring carried by said card and tending to" swing said display and base portions about said hinge,back into their normal 12. vA device of the character described comprisinga plurality ofcard-jlike elements adapted toreceive and display legends Ior the like and each having a display portion and a mounting portion hingedly connected to each other, a support for said elements having provision for releasably clamping the mounting portions of said elements in fixed position on the support together with resilient means individual to the card elef ments tending to yieldingly swing the display portions in one direction relatively' to their respective mounting portions. Y Y

`13. A card display device, including a plurality vof cards each havinga displayV portion anda base portion flexiblyhinged togethen separator elements interposed between the base portions of adjacent cards, ,and springs each of which is arranged and adapted to exercise a turning force as betweenA a separator element and the' display portion of an associated card.

1 4. A, card display device, including a plurality of cards each having a display portion and a Vbase portion flexibly hinged together, separator elements interposed between the lbase portions of adjacent cards, andaspring for each card having one end held against movement and the Vother end adapted to exercise aturning force upon the display portion of the associated card.

15. A card display device, including a plurality of cards each having a display portion and a base portion iiexibly connectedl together, means for securing the base portions of said'cards together, and laplurality of springs having one end of each heldv immovable byV said securing means and the other end adapted-and arranged to exercise a turning force upon the display portion of aparticular oneof said cards.

l 16. lA card display device, including a plurality of cards each having va display portion and a baseportion exibly hinged together, means for securing the base :portions of said cards together in iixed relation, and a plurality of torsion springs-one end of each of which isheld against tion with the display kportion of a particular turning by said securing means and the other end of each of which has operative relation with the display portion of a particular one of*` said cards.

17. A card display device, including a plurality of cards each having a display portion and a base portion flexibly hinged together, means vfor holding the base portions of said cards in fixed relation with each other, and a plurality of torsion springs each arranged to lie along the hinge between the display portionand base of a particular card, each of said torsion springs having a part held against turning by said holding means and anotherY part in operative relacard. Y

18. A card element, for receiving anddisplaying legends or the like having a display portion and a mounting portion hingedly connected to each Vother together with means permanently aflixed toV said element tending to yieldingly hold said display portion in` one denite position with respect to the mounting portion, said means op-V v erating to return the display portion to said position when it isV moved in one direction-away from said position. y Y

EDWIN H. SMYTHE.V 

